Mantle-retainer.



G. M, BRANDT.

MANTLE RETAINER.

, APPLIOATION TILED JULYS, 1912.

1,061,812. Y I ranentama 13, 1913.

I await CYDLUMIIA PLANOGRAPH CO WASHINGTON, D- C.

UNITED STATES PATENT oE roE.

CHARLES M. BRANDT, or HoLMEs, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 0E TWENTY-FIVE ANDONE-HALF oNE-HUNLnEnTHs T0 ALFRED B. WILLOUGHQBY, or PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA.

MANTLE-RETAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 13, 1913.

Application filed July 8, 1912. Serial No. 708,263.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. BRANDT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Holmes, in the county of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mantle-Retainers,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mantle retainers, and one of the principalobjects of the invention is to provide reliable and efficient means ofsimple construction which will firmly hold a gas mantle in a carton toprevent breakage by the ordinary shocks and jars to which these mantlesare subjected in shipping and handling.

My present invention is designed for the purpose of holding a mantle foran inverted gas light and since the mantles of this type are providedwith a base ring and radially extending feet, a special form of retainermust be provided. 7

Another objectof my invention is to provide a resilient wire clasphaving means for attaching the same directly to the mantle and springmembers for clasping the mantle to the carton, means being also providedfor readily inserting and removing the mantle from the carton.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the mantle and the retainer'in placein a carton, the latter being shown in Vertical section. Fig. 2 is alsoa view in elevation taken at right angles to Fig. 1, with the cover ofthe carton removed. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 ofFig. 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow. Fig. 4 is abottom plan view of the carton, with the retainer connected to thebottom thereof.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 1 designates a carton ofrectangular cross-section, and 2 is the cover therefor, while 3 is thetop, 4 the bottom and 5 the sides of said carton. The mantle 6, of thetype shown, is designed for use with inverted gas burners, and isprovided, as usual, with a base ring 7 having integral radiallyprojecting feet 8. The feet 8 have inwardly projecting lugs 9.

The retainer which forms the subjectmatter of this application,comprises a spring wire clasp made from a single piece of material, bentat a central point to provide a finger-hold 10. From this point parallelmembers 11, project inwardly and are bent at 12, and the wire continuedto form the curved mantle retaining members 13, having the inwardlyextending recesses 14 for engaging the lugs 9. From the recesses 14outwardly extending portions 15 are joined by the bend 16 with theparallel guards 17, which are adapted to bear against the inside of theside walls of the carton. These guards 17 extend to the front edge 18,of the bottom, where they are bent at 19 and from this point theparallel engaging members 20 extend backward and are joined by the bend21 to the spring members 22, having their terminal ends at asubstantially central point, under the bottom of the carton.

The manner of connecting the clasp to the mantle may be brieflydescribed as follows: The parallel members 11, are inserted one uponeach side of one of the lugs 9, and pushed until the recesses 14, springover the other two lugs 9. The retainer is then firmly connected to themantle. By grasping the finger-hold 10, the mantle is pushed into thecarton, with the parallel guards 17 hearing against the inner sides ofthe side walls 5, of the carton, while the bends 19 engage the frontedge of the bottom 4. The members 20 and the spring members 22 pressslightly upward against the bottom 4, thus holding the mantle firmly inplace in the carton. To remove the mantle the finger-hold 10, is graspedand the mantle and clasp are readily withdrawn.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that my invention may bemanufactured at low cost, can be quickly connected to the mantle andreadily inserted in the carton. When thus inserted the ordinary shocksand jars to which the mantle is usually subjected are absorbed andrendered practi- Cally m'l. i

I claim:

A mantle retainer comprising parallel centrally disposed spring membersfor engaging one of the feet at the base of a mantle, said membershaving a projecting fingerhold, curved spring recessed memberscontherefrom for engaging the center of the nected to the parallelmembers for engaging outer surface of the bottom of the carton. 10 theother feet of the mantle and for h0ld-' In testimony whereof I afliX mysignature ing the mantle and retainer firmly conin presence of twoWitnesses.

nected, guards extending from the recessed CHARLES M. BRANDT. membersfor bearing against the inner sides Witnesses:

of the carton, and spring arms connected BERNARD MOGINTY,

With the guards and Vertically spaced G. W. P. BROOK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patent Washington, D. G.

